Alternatives / Lyzr
Looking for an open source Lyzr alternative? We compared 2 open source AI agent platforms by license and governance. Paperclip manages teams of agents with budgets and audit logs, and Omnara provides durable infrastructure for running agents.
Written by Maxime DERAME
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| Alternative | Best for | License |
|---|---|---|
| Paperclip | Agent teams with budgets and audit | MIT |
| Omnara | Durable agent infrastructure | Apache-2.0 |
We looked for open-source platforms to run and govern AI agents like Lyzr. We verified each project's license, recent activity, stars, and self-hosting in its repository. See our methodology for the full criteria.
Paperclip manages teams of AI agents with org charts, goal tracking, per-agent budgets that auto-pause at 100%, ticket tracing, and append-only audit logs. It supports multiple isolated companies in one deployment and runs with an embedded database or your own Postgres.
Omnara handles agent state, machines, permissions, and history, so agent state survives machine failures. It works with many model providers, supports human approval for risky tool calls and MCP integrations, and is self-hostable.
Paperclip is MIT. Omnara is Apache-2.0.
Both had commits within days of this update.
Lyzr is a proprietary platform for enterprise agents. Open-source options let you keep control of data and cost but cover only parts of the platform.
Paperclip is an MIT-licensed Node.js server and React interface that orchestrates a team of AI agents like a company, with org charts, goal alignment, heartbeat scheduling, budget and cost tracking, a ticket system, and governance approval workflows. You bring your own agents and models, run it self-hosted without a Paperclip account, and use cloud sandboxes such as e2b, Cloudflare, Daytona, and Modal. A hosted cloud is on a waitlist.
Pricing: Free and open source; model and sandbox costs apply.
Omnara is an Apache-2.0 agent infrastructure platform that handles durable state, machine management, access controls, and audit history. Agent state survives machine failures, it works with many model providers and machine types, and risky tool calls can require human approval. Managed resources are billed at provider rates.
Pricing: Free and self-hostable; managed sandboxes are billed at provider rates.
| Alternative | Type | License | Self-hosted | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperclip | Agent governance | MIT | Yes | Controlled agent fleets |
| Omnara | Agent infrastructure | Apache-2.0 | Yes | Running agents reliably |
Want cost control across agents
Paperclip sets budgets per agent and keeps an audit log.
Want durable agent state
Omnara restores agent state after machine failures.